優步承認在華每年虧損逾10億美元大綱

App-based car-hire service Uber is losing more than $1bn a year in China, as it struggles against what it called a "fierce competitor". Uber CEO Travis Kalanick made the admission while speaking at a private event in Vancouver, according to Canadian tech news site Betakit.

因陷入激烈的價格戰，提供打車服務的app優步在中國一年虧損超過10億美元。根據加拿大初創和技術新聞網站Betakit的報道，優步的首席執行官特拉維斯·卡蘭尼克在溫哥華處理私人問題時承認了這一事實。

US-based Uber launched in China in 2014 and competes against the country's largest taxi app Didi Kuaidi.

優步打車軟件於2014年在中國上市，和中國最大打車軟件滴滴快的形成了激烈競爭。

Uber is available in more than 40 cities in China. It announced last year that it would expand into 100 Chinese cities over the next 12 months.

優步打車軟件覆蓋了中國40多個城市。去年，優步打車軟件發表聲明稱其將會在未來一年內覆蓋範圍擴展到中國100個城市。

He described China as the firm's largest international marketplace. But Uber's market share is dwarfed by that of the larger Didi Kuaidi. "We have a fierce competitor that's unprofitable in every city they exist in, but they're buying up market share."

卡蘭尼克表示，中國是優步最大的國際市場。但是因爲滴滴快的這個強勁的對手的存在，致使優步市場份額有所減少。“每個不盈利的城市，我們都有強勁的競爭對手，但是他們仍然在買進市場份額。”

Mr Kalanick said he had recently raised about $200m to help the firm compete in emerging markets, Betakit said.

根據Betakit網介紹，Kalanick最近表示，他已經融資2億美元，幫助公司在新興市場中贏得一席之地。

"I wish the world wasn't that way. I prefer building rather than fundraising. But if I don't participate in the fundraising bonanza, I'll get squeezed out by others buying market share," he added.

他補充說道：“我希望世界不是那樣的。我希望一起贏得資金而不是募集資金。但是如果我不參與到募集資金中，那我將會被他人擠出市場。”